Recruiting Areas – Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern California, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Alaska
Former Columbia quarterback Sky Mornhinweg ‘17CC enters his second year on the staff as its Quarterbacks Coach. Mornhinweg follows in the coaching footsteps of his father, Marty Mornhinweg, who spent 25 seasons in the National Football League.
In his first season back with the Lions, Joe Green began the season as the starter and completed 64.5 percent of his passes for 947 yards and seven touchdowns in the first five games of the year. However, after going down with a shoulder injury midway through the year, backup Caden Bell stepped in to throw for 1,198 yards with a completion percentage of 59.7 and seven touchdowns in the final five contests and led Columbia to three straight victories to close out the campaign.
Mornhinweg came back at Columbia after spending the previous three years as Quarterbacks Coach/Offensive Coordinator at Midwestern State (2019-21) in Wichita Falls, Texas. Mornhinweg spent the 2019 season as Quarterbacks Coach, then was elevated to Offensive Coordinator in 2020.
Under Head Coach Bill Maskill, Mornhinweg helped lead Midwestern State to the Lone Star Conference title, a 7-3 overall record and 6-1 league record in 2021. The Mustangs’ offense averaged 30.90 points per game, 415.7 total yards per game, and 5.8 yards per play, while passing for 245 yards per game with 22 touchdowns and only 11 interceptions. Quarterback Dillon Sterling-Cole was named the LSC Offensive Player of the Year after throwing for 2,130 yards and 20 touchdowns and completed 169 of 299 passes. Prior to a COVD-19 shortened season in 2020, Midwestern State finished 5-6 and 3-5 in Lone Star Conference play as Mornhinweg helped guide an offense that totaled 364.1 yards per game and passed for 238.9 yards per game, along with 14 passing touchdowns (184-373).
Mornhinweg began his collegiate coaching career by spending one season as a Graduate Assistant at Ohio State in 2018. Under Head Coach Urban Meyer and Offensive Coordinator Ryan Day, Mornhinweg worked with the running backs, the Buckeyes finished 13-1 overall, ranked as high as No. 3 in both the FBS College Football Playoff and Associated Press polls, won the Big Ten title game, and earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Washington 28-23.
A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Mornhinweg saw action in 17 games with 12 starts as a quarterback at Columbia in both 2015 and 2016. He completed 190 of 334 passes (56.4 percent) for 1,653 yards and eight touchdowns in his two seasons. He transferred to Columbia after spending three seasons at Florida (2012-14). Coming out of Saint Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, he was rated a four-star recruit and the sixth best prospect in the state of Pennsylvania after totaling 4,912 passing yards, 1,243 rushing yards and 71 total touchdowns (52 passing, 17 rushing, 2 interception returns) during his high school career. He won the Leroy Kelly Award, given to the Southeast Pennsylvania Player of the Year.
Mornhinweg is a 2017 Columbia College graduate with a degree in English.
His father, Marty Mornhinweg, spent 25 seasons as an NFL coach including stints as head coach of the Detroit Lions from 2001-02, while also serving as an offensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers (1997-00), Philadelphia Eagles (2006-12), New York Jets (2013-14) and Baltimore Ravens (2016-18).
THE SKY MORNHINWEG FILE
Birthdate: August 10, 1993
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, English, Columbia University, 2017
Coaching Career
Quarterbacks Coach, Columbia University, 2022-current
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach, Midwestern State University, 2019-21
Graduate Assistant (Running Backs), Ohio State University, 2018-19
Playing Career
Saw action in 17 games with 12 starts at quarterback for Columbia in both 2015 and 2016 … In two-year career at Columbia, completed 190 of 334 passes (56.4 percent) for 1,653 yards and eight touchdowns … Named team co-captain in 2016 … Played his first three seasons at Florida before transferring to Columbia … Started the final three games of the 2013 season where he completed 44 of 63 passes for 344 yards and three touchdowns … Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient.
